Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Yesterday I was listening to the August 10th "Relatively Speaking" on KSL. I listened to it by going to the KSL website and listening over the Internet. I can't listen on Sundays because of church meetings. The guest was the president of World Vital Records, actually this is just one of a group of companies. I heard some pretty exciting stuff. So when the offer was made of a two-year membership of the U.S. records for only $39.95 I decided to take advantage of the offer. The sale is good until next Sunday at www.worldvitalrecords.com/ksl If you are a relative or friend of mine, you are welcome to use this service at my home on my computer. It should be very interesting. Hmm, I wonder if in two-years time we could trace all of our lines back to before their United States or colonial days.

Monday, August 11, 2008

This last week I have not posted on my blog because I have become possessed with one of my ancestral lines which goes into Ireland. Eventually I do want to write more about what I learned at the BYU Family History Conference.

My ancestor whose parents and grandparents go back into Ireland is John Mills born 14 January 1816 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. His father was Thomas Mills and his mother was Alice or Alica MacDonald or McDonnell. He married Elizabeth Hall who was born 10 November 1816 in Chatham, Kent, England. Their daughter Elizabeth Mills was born 7 March 1839 in Douglas, Isle of Man, England. It has been very interesting to learn a few things about this family.

The mystery I have been considering today is this. How did John Mills born in Ireland meet Elizabeth Hall born in Kent? Where did they marry and why did they settle on the Isle of Man? I have learned that before John and Elizabeth and their children immigrated to America they visited Elizabeth's family in Kent, so I believe it is accurate that she was from Kent. It just seems unusual that two people who were born so far apart were able to meet and marry.

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Jeanette lives in West Jordan, Utah. She owns Drake Family Farms Goat Dairy along with her husband Ron and sons Richard and Dan. Dan also has a goat dairy in Ontario, California. So there is a Drake Family Farms -- Utah and a Drake Family Farms -- California.

On the Utah farm there are Saanen, Nubian and Alpine dairy goats. Every goat has a name and is registered with the American Dairy Goat Association. The Drake Family has been raising dairy goats since the 1980s. They take pride in breeding quality animals. They participate in DHIA testing and ADGA linear appraisal. They use artificial insemination for some of their breeding and have collected from their best bucks and offer semen for sale. Quality dairy goat animals is the foundation of quality goat milk products.

Some of the quality products of Drake Family Farms are goat milk (Raw and Grade A pasteurized), goat milk yogurt, many kinds of goat milk cheese, handmade goat milk soap, goat milk emollient cream and goat milk lotion. They sell raw goat milk as well as all the other products at a small store located on their farm in West Jordan. Other products are available at other retail locations and online.